阅读难句 2002
1. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.
【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 message...is what...其中 what 引导表语从句,该从句中包含 when 引导时间状语从句。
【译文】每当听到“同侪压力”这个词时,我们大多数的脑海中总会半诱惑半强迫地出现这样一个低低的声音。
【点拨】whisper “低语,窃窃私语”,本句中变为过去分词作定语,意为“低语的”。
2. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the world.
【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 Tina Rosenberg contends that...,其中 that 引导宾语从句,该从句中又包含 what 引导的宾语从句,作 through 的宾语。what 引导的宾语从句中还包含 which 引导的非限定性定语从句,修饰 the social cure,其中介词 in 提前。
【译文】但是在她的新书《加入俱乐部》中,Tina Rosenberg认为同侪压力也能成为一种积极的力量,社会组织和政府利用群体动力帮助一些人改善他们的生活,甚至改变整个世界。她将这种方法称为社会疗法。
【点拨】1) contend “声称,主张”。2) dynamics “动力学,动态”,本句中指“动力”。